ISSUE NO: 76ISSUE NO: 76ISSUE NO: 76ISSUE NO: 76

Dec 2013Dec 2013Dec 2013Dec 2013

We are proud to announce that our Lebone Light of the year

is Janice Barber from Stockport in England. Janice has been

working tirelessly over the past 5 years to raise funds for Leb-

one. Not only with groups but personally using her talents

which are many, especially her beadwork & then promoting

Lebone in her various "talks" in & around her area. Janice has

also visited Lebone twice to do volunteer work where she

once again made an the impact she always does but again

most especially in the Sewing Section, where she trained Maria

Leeuw as trainer in this section to continue where she left off

on her return home. This section continues to be invaluable to

Lebone thanks you Jancice!! Thank you Janice for shining

your light and for helping us to shine the Lebone light! You are

an amazing blessing!!

Merry Christmas to you allMerry Christmas to you allMerry Christmas to you allMerry Christmas to you all

The light of the Christmas star to you

The warmth of home and hearth to you

The cheer and good will of friends to you

The hope of a childlike heart to you

The joy of a thousand angels to you

The love of the Son and God’s peace to

you.

With Christmas love and New Year’s

wishes from us all at Lebone Village

The Lebone LightThe Lebone LightThe Lebone LightThe Lebone Light

Janice Barber- Lebone Light of the year

Lilly’s bringing joy

Lilly’s Pharmaceuticals visited

and organized a fun day for our

preschool children as part of

their international AIDS day cele-

brations. Our pre schoolers got

rid of all their built up energy on

the jumping castle and had lots

and lots of fun. A delicious

“Boerewors” roll put back some

of that lost energy and then they

were ready to go again for an-

other hour or two. We are grate-

ful for Lilly’s continuous support

and we value each one of their

team who worked hard to make

this possible.

5 FM – serving with a smile

The team of 5 fm visited Lebone

Village and brought a group of

enthusiastic students with them

who did some much needed

painting. The very energetic

group of students quickly

painted our homework centre

and made it look brand new in

no time. Through their generosity

our children enjoyed a healthy

lunch with the team, thank you 5

FM for serving us in the way you

did.

Heaton Moor United

Church…..blessings in

abundance

Heaton Moor United Church in

England is doing a fantastic

job in raising funds for Lebone

Village. It is not possible for us

to continue what we are doing

without the support of others.

This group of very special

friends of Lebone is a blessing

to us all. Through their dedica-

tion and support our hands are

strengthened tremendously.

May our Lord bless you in the

same way you blessed us, we

praise Him for each one of

you!

Pelonomi Nursing students, not

only serving in the hospital

Every year the nursing students

from Pelonomi hospital visit Le-

bone for a week to work in

which ever department we

might need some extra hands.

These students visited us again

this year and they lightened

our work load in many ways.

They did the work with a smile

and with a spirit of joy.

Welcome to our family Moeketsi !

Our family grew a little more the past month when we wel-

comed Moeketsi to our family. Welcome to our Lebone family

Moeketsi, we know you will soon be healthy and that you have a

bright future ahead of you.

Prayer Requests:

•Give thanks to our wonderful Father for a year

filled with Blessings in abundance!

We will miss you Lekgowa

When one visits Lebone, the Lebone dogs

always become a very fun discussion. Willem

and his pack of dogs are well known

through the whole of Bloemfontein. They are

just as big a part of Lebone as the children

and it was a sad day when we had to say

good bye to Legoa. Legoa breathed his last

breath in his happy place….right here at Le-

bone. We will always remember Lekgowa’s

gentle spirit and we will miss him dearly!

Pen pals from Holland

Heleen Baan from Holland and her class of grade 1 and 2

learners from the Daniëlschool in Soest, Netherlands

started an exciting pen pal project with our kids. For the

kids in Holland and for our kids here in Africa it is a very ex-

citing experience to receive mail from the other side of the

world. Thank you Heleen and all your learners for this excit-

ing project! Our kids are loving it!

We are blessed, daily!

The contributions of so many people on a

daily basis make it possible for us to give our

children quality care and to ensure that we

can provide them with everything they

need. From the smallest to the largest contri-

bution are all forming part of the Lebone

love and care our children are receiving

daily and it makes the Lebone light shining

brighter and brighter every day.

Training and development, always part of

Lebone

Continuous training and development of

staff and volunteers are vital for the prosper-

ing of an organization. Cyndy Bosman is giv-

ing a big group of our staff some very

valuable management training. We can see

how their management skills are improving

after each session. It is encouraging to see

how people with potential are developing.

This is not only beneficial for them as individu-

als but also very valuable for Lebone as a

whole. Thank you Cyndy for the time and ef-

fort you are putting into these training ses-

sions and for the valuable investment in the

people of Lebone’s lives.

At Lebone we try to identify people’s poten-

tial and we try to give them the guidance

and means to develop to their full potential.

One of the only things that is keeping back

some is the English language barrier. We

tackled this challenge and enrolled them for

intensive individual English classes. This not

only boosted their self confidence but it also

proved to us that when you invest in people

who are willing to work hard and have the

desire to grow that the only outcome possi-

ble will be success.

Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Centre & Clinic

opened at Lebone Village

Something in our country that is definitely a fact is that

we have a very large number of malnourished children

in our communities. If children don’t get the nutrition

that they need while they are infants to develop and

grow physically, mentally and emotionally it can have a

lasting negative impact on the rest of their lives. In part-

nership with Add Hope and the Paediatric unit Pelonomi

hospital we opened a Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding

Centre & Clinic for malnourished children here at Leb-

one Village. Once a month the infants and their mothers

visit the clinic where they are assessed by Dr Sarah Jane

Smith and her team from Pelonomi. They then receive

milk formula and a food parcel to ensure proper nutri-

tion.

The children admitted to this program have made re-

markable progress and not only are they not suffering

from malnutrition anymore; they are turning into happy

and healthy children. The food parcels also lightens the

load of these mothers and helps them to provide for

other children in their families as well.

New school bags because of our Swedish friends

The teachers and scholars from the Voxnadalen

School in Sweden is another group of special people

who also forms part of our Lebone family. They orga-

nize different fundraising events through which they

support us financially. The last funds raised by them

were used to buy new school bags and school shoes

for our school going children. Thank you boys and girls

for ensuring that your Lebone “brothers” and “sisters”

can enjoy going to school with proper school bags

and shiny school shoes.

Pyjama Party – lots of fun once again

Our 6th pyjama party took place at the Woodlands Function

Venue and it was the best EVER! Not only did this year’s Py-

jama Party raise the most funds ever but through the generos-

ity of the sponsors and all who attended, the animals of New

Beginnings, an animal welfare organization in Bloemfontein

could also receive a mountain of dog food, treats and doggy

blankets. Marelize Bosch, Christine Steyn and Ilse Victor we

don’t have words….thank you thank you thank you! May the

blessings flow in your lives daily.

Lesedi FM and Add Hope bringing aware-

ness for World Hunger

Ba2Cada, DJ from Lesedi FM visited Lebone

Village with the Add Hope team. The chil-

dren were hanging on his lips as he is known

to all our children and all of them see him as

a hero. He didn’t only enjoy lunch with our

little ones but they also showed him what

was going on in our vegetable tunnels and

gave him a lesson or two on how to grow

healthy vegetables. All this formed part of

raising awareness for World Hunger month,

Add Hope is daily feeding thousands of chil-

dren and are working around the clock to

address the need of hungry children in our

country.

School projects can be exciting sometimes

School projects is part of the daily life at Lebone and some-

times it is a full time job to assist our school children in get-

ting their projects done. These are one of the areas in which

our volunteers are always a great blessing to us, and they as

well as our children enjoy doing these school projects to-

gether. Some projects of course are sometimes nicer than

others, especially if you have to bake muffins and scones!

To find out more about us or how you can get

involved please contact: Tel: +2751 526 1442 or visit

our website www.lebonevillage.com